“The characters are railroad men and cattle-ranchers, and the action rapid and adventurous in a way that holds the attention from start to finish.” Mary K. Ford.
+ Bookm. 24: 160. O. ’06. 1040w.
“It is extremely well done. It is even to be suspected that there is much to be learned from the book.”
N. Y. Times. 11: 568. S. 15, ’06. 880w.
“It is full of action and not without originality.”
+ Putnam’s. 1: 127. O. ’06. 20w.
“We all have a sneaking fondness for gunplay and bad men in our reading-matter, but we cannot always procure them with the approval of our literary consciences. Mr. Spearman’s new novel, ‘Whispering Smith.’ is going to be a great success because it satisfies both consciences and tastes in this matter.”
+ Putnam’s. 1: 224. N. ’06. 260w.
Spears, John Randolph. David G. Farragut. **$1.25. Jacobs.
“In its entirety, the biography of four hundred pages may be classed among the best books of its kind.”